Opinion

A time to rethink our values

The pandemic has taught us that money is not the only goal in life; that we can thrive with less; that happiness comes from being together and working together, writes Bishop Paul Donoghue (Catholic Church).

KATA: Tree cutting

KATA: Water charges

PET TALK: Compliance arm of the Dog Registration and Animal Control Committee

The Dog Registration and Animal Control Committee (DRACC)

KATA: Crimes Bill Debate

KATA: Cook Islands debt

OPINION: The debate surrounding cannabis use

Nothing provides such a division in the community as discussion about gay rights and cannabis reform. The debate regarding cannabis or marijuana and laws relating to its decriminalisation has been going on for decades worldwide.

KATA: NZ superfund

OPINION: Wisdom is the only tonic for foolishness

Wisdom and foolishness are often found at the end of one’s tongue, and often though not always found in the actions that follow these words.

KATA: Tree maintenance

Questions on seabed exploration applications

For those of us who wish to dive a little deeper into the seabed exploration applications looking for answers to some obvious questions, it appears this will not be possible. We are currently not able to access the entire application from each company, for reasons of commercial sensitivity.

LETTERS: Deep sea exploration and mining

Letters for Saturday November 20, 2021

KATA: Environment service

LETTERS: It’s better to be safe than sorry

Letters for Friday November 19, 2021

KATA: The war on COVID-19

Between a rock and a hard place

There are no bad employees, just bad employers, because if there were bad employees or potentially bad employees, they should have been filtered out with a proper pre-employment process and would not have been considered for employment.

Covid-19 modelling ‘frightening’

Letters for Thursday November 18, 2021

Where is the medicinal cannabis?

Letters for Wednesday November 17, 2021

KATA: Pre-election engineering